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Originally Posted by capslock
I disagree on Junaid, if you look at the history of our openers, he's head and shoulders above in terms of consistency. We only need him to see off pacers anyway, as long as he keeps doing that the middle order can breathe easy.
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Mat---Inns--NO--Runs--HS-- Ave---- BF-- SR ----100--50-
23----23-----0--- 433---85--18.82-- 731-- 59.23- 0---2--
Dear capslock vai,
Can we really afford an opener with an average of less than 19 with shaky SR and only 2 ODI 50s under his belt? Over and over again, he will lose his wicket putting early pressure on our team. He lacks the temperment and only achievement he had was his 80something runs in T20 against Pakistan which made him a hearthrob poster boy for our country without producing anything worthwhile.
As preposterous may sound, I'd rather open with Ashraful because of Junaid's volatile nature than have the same thing in roundabout way by having him give away his wicket early.
Thoughts?
:-)